Isabel Taylor is a very private person.
To mark her centennial birthday she didn’t want a big fuss, and presents were
really unnecessary, according to her daughter Elaine Libby. So instead the
family decided to collect money for the Windham Public Library’s children’s
room.
“I bought 60 books,” said children’s
librarian Laurel Parker. “I’ve never had a donation like this before for the
children’s room. A donation in honor of one single person.”
“She has always been interested in kids
and reading. She used to tutor reading in the summer for kids,” said Elaine.
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For her birthday party, which was held
mid-July, Mike Timmons, one of her former fifth grade students, spoke.
“She still tells stories about
students…good and bad…like Buzzy Cooper, the Olsen’s and Mike Timmons,” said
Carol, her daughter-in-law.
Elaine said that Isabel has been a great
mother. She loved reading to her children when they were small. “She enjoys
reading and doing crossword puzzles and she always read all the time,” Elaine
said. Now she reads more by listening to audiobooks.
Parker, at the library, purchased
hardcover books that she already had on her list. She found a list of books
from Global Voices at the State Library that named books from other countries
that were brought to the United States.
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The donations were done mostly by word
of mouth by the family, but anyone who would like to donate in honor of Isabel
Taylor’s 100th birthday, can send a check made out to Friends of the
Windham Public Library, 217 Windham Center Road, Windham, Maine 04062.
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